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    • Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) Restricted Data Files

    Metadata Updated: July 29, 2025

    Restricted Data Files Available at the Data Centers Researchers and users with approved research projects can access restricted data files that have not been publicly released for reasons of confidentiality at the AHRQ Data Center in Rockville, Maryland. Qualified researchers can also access restricted data files through the U.S. Census Research Data Center (RDC) network (http://www.census.gov/ces/dataproducts/index.html -- Scroll down the page and click on the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (AHRQ) link.) For information on the RDC research proposal process and the data sets available, read AHRQ-Census Bureau agreement on access to restricted MEPS data.

    Access & Use Information

    Restricted: This dataset can only be accessed or used under certain conditions. License: See this page for license information.

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    Dates

    Metadata Created Date November 10, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date July 29, 2025
    Data Update Frequency R/P1Y

    Metadata Source

    Harvested from Healthdata.gov

    Other Data Resources

    Additional Metadata

    Resource Type Dataset
    Metadata Created Date November 10, 2020
    Metadata Updated Date July 29, 2025
    Publisher Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Department of Health & Human Services
    Maintainer
    Identifier f55380d9-8356-4d7a-97b2-ce8764053f29
    Data First Published 2012-10-24
    Data Last Modified 2023-07-25
    Public Access Level restricted public
    Data Update Frequency R/P1Y
    Bureau Code 009:00
    Metadata Context https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.jsonld
    Metadata Catalog ID https://healthdata.gov/data.json
    Schema Version https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema
    Catalog Describedby https://project-open-data.cio.gov/v1.1/schema/catalog.json
    Data Dictionary http://meps.ahrq.gov/mepsweb/data_stats/onsite_datacenter.jsp
    Harvest Object Id 92d8edda-9908-4cbe-91ac-e9ee98a694bd
    Harvest Source Id 651e43b2-321c-4e4c-b86a-835cfc342cb0
    Harvest Source Title Healthdata.gov
    Homepage URL https://healthdata.gov/dataset/medical-expenditure-panel-survey-meps-restricted-data-files
    License https://opendatacommons.org/licenses/odbl/1.0/
    Program Code 009:073
    Source Datajson Identifier True
    Source Hash a9d096fc54d2d6ec98b999f3268502827ae09dfdea1bc42c1df75c92d3270777
    Source Schema Version 1.1
    Temporal 1996-01-01T00:00:00-05:00/2012-12-31T00:00:00-05:00

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